The Market Entry Assistance Grant Program is the first initiativeto originate from the state’s Offshore Wind Business Development Fund.  The funding will help reduce costs associatedwith establishing commercial offshore wind sector exports.

Grants will be available for up to $25,000 fororganizational needs and up to $500,000 to support significant equipmentinvestments.

"It is important that we support innovative Marylandbusinesses that seek a dominant position in the offshore wind supply chain withproducts that challenge the established European market," says MEADirector Abigail Ross Hopper.